Mission
Environmental Defense is dedicated to protecting the environmental
rights of all people, including future generations. Among these rights
are clean air, clean water, healthy, nourishing food, and a flourishing
ecosystem.

Environmental Defense will be guided by scientific evaluation of
environmental problems, and the solutions we advocate will be based on
science, even when it leads in unfamiliar directions. Environmental Defense will work to create solutions that win lasting political,
economic, and social support because they are bipartisan, efficient, and
fair.

Environmental Defense believes that a sustainable environment will require economic
and social systems that are equitable and just. We affirm our commitment
to the environmental rights of the poor and people of color.

Programs
Environmental Defense targets a broad range of regional, national
and international environmental issues. In recent years, Environmental Defense has become a leading advocate of economic incentive as a
new approach to solving environmental problems.

The four main goals of Environmental Defense are:

Stabilizing the Earth's climate by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.

Safeguarding the world's oceans from pollution and over fishing.

Protecting human health from exposure to toxic chemicals and pollution.

Defending and restoring biodiversity, with particular concentration on rivers
and watersheds.

Environmental Defense provides a number of Outreach and Activism opportunities
- both online and off. Please visit their website for more information.

Note: Care2 is not affiliated with Environmental Defense.
We make donations to this organization because we believe it has
demonstrated outstanding leadership in the effort to protect the Earth's natural
resources.